Sept. 19th will be the Madison County Hop Fest, and
we’ll need some help at the booth.I expect some Rochester and Syracuse folks to help us.We’ll get some discounted beer
tent tickets, and we’ll be serving our own Homebrew Noon to 2:30, before
the beer tent opens.It’s
always a fun time, come and join us.

Oct. 3rdwill be the Sudsy Brews and Fiery Foods Fest.We’ll have about a dozen
breweries, and lots of great local food.More details later.

Nov. 14th is the 19th annual Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews, Homebrew contest in Albany, at C.H. Evans, at the Pump
Station.They need Judges and
Stewards, whom can bring their entries the day of the contest.

Dave King (2) summarized the AHA National Convention in San
Diego in June.It was the homebrew
event of the year.Great beer, 2nd
round Judging, Pro-Night, Club-Night, the Banquet, hanging out with Homebrew
rock stars and old friends, it was all great.Rich Andel was there with me, and a few
other Central NY club members.Rich
has photos for our Aug. meeting.Way too much going on for just 3 days.Next year will be Baltimore, so we can
drive down, and we have to do a Club Night booth, with a bunch of our best
beers.

It’s time to pay your BIER dues, so we can send in a roster and the
annual payment for our AHA
Liability Insurance, and that means $3.50 per member.See the link for details.They wanted it before the end of July,
but I got an extension to just after our August meeting, so you can still take
your money to the August meeting, Rich will collect it, or PayPal to Dave King
(2), or send a check.

Bob – Alt Beer, 3 gal.Brew-In-A-Bag with 7 lb. of John Bleichert’s
Munich II Malt and ½ lb. Chocolate Malt.3rd pitch of WLP029
yeast, Ahtanum hops.Calculates as 3.7 ABV, but that seems
low.Nice use of that Munich II
Malt, but not very fermentable.

Dennis – Munich Dunkel,
made with John Bleichert’s
Munich I Malt as the base, 2.5% Midnight Wheat.Magnum hops to bitter, and Hallertau at
knock out.O.G. = 1.052, 31 IBU,
5.3% ABV, fermented with WLP830 lager yeast.Lagered for 3 weeks.Malty, good balance, very sessionable.

Jim Burt – Father’s Day IPA, with a great hop nose from Chinook, Mosaic,
and Simcoe hops.This BIAB (Brew In
A Bag) IPA spec’d out at 54 IBU and 6.1% ABV,
well done!